1 Samyèl 20
1 David kouri kite lavil Najòt nan zòn Rama a, li chape kò l', l' al jwenn Jonatan epi li di l': -Kisa m' fè? Kisa m' fè ki mal? Kisa m' fè papa ou pou li vle touye m' konsa?
Then David fled from the dwellings at Ramah, and came before Jonathan and said, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"
2 Jonatan reponn li: -Mande Bondye padon, ou p'ap mouri! Papa m' pa fè anyen san li pa di m'. Pa gen rezon pou l' ta kache m' sa. Se pa vre, monchè!
He said to him, "Far from it; you shall not die. Look, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so."
3 Men David sèmante, li di l' konsa: -Papa ou konnen jan ou renmen m'. Li ka di nan kè l': mwen p'ap kite Jonatan konnen sa mwen gen lide fè a pou sa pa fè l' lapenn. M'ap fè ou sèman devan Bondye, sa ki rete pou m' mouri a pa anyen.
And David answered and said, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:' but truly as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."
4 Jonatan di l': -Sa ou vle m' fè pou ou!
Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever your soul desires, I will do for you."
5 David reponn li: -Denmen se fèt lalin nouvèl. Mwen te sipoze manje ansanm ak wa a. Men, avèk pèmisyon ou, m'ap pati, mwen pral kache nan bwa jouk apre denmen nan aswè.
So David said to Jonathan, "Look, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. Instead, let me go so that I may hide myself in the field until evening.
6 Si papa ou wè mwen pa la epi li mande pou mwen, w'a di l' mwen te mande ou pèmisyon pou m' kouri rive lakay mwen, lavil Betleyèm, paske se lè pou yo fè sèvis ofrann bèt pou yo fè chak lanne pou tout fanmi mwen.
If your father missed me at all, then say, 'David urgently requested of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city, for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.'
7 Si li di li dakò, w'a konnen mwen sove. Men, si li fè kolè, w'a konnen li soti vre pou li touye m'.
If he says, 'It is well;' your servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
8 Tanpri, mwen menm k'ap sèvi ou la, m'ap mande ou yon favè, paske se Seyè a, Bondye menm, ki te fè ou mare zanmi avè m'. Pa kite anyen rive m'. Si m' antò, se ou menm ki pou touye m'. Pa kite m' rive devan papa ou!
Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you: but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?"
9 Jonatan di li: -Wete sa nan lide ou, monchè! Si mwen vin konnen papa m' soti vre pou touye ou, m'ap avèti ou!
Jonathan said, "Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn't I tell you that?"
10 David di li: -Ki moun ki va fè m' konnen si papa ou reponn ou mal?
Then David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?"
11 Jonatan di li: -Ann al deyò nan jaden yo. Epi yo tou de soti, y' al nan jaden yo.
Jonathan said to David, "Come, and let us go out into the field." They both went out into the field.
12 Lèfini, Jonatan di David konsa: -Mwen pran Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, pou temwen. Denmen lè konsa, mwen pral mande papa m' sa ki genyen. M'ap fè menm bagay la tou apre denmen. Si mwen wè li pa gen ankenn move santiman nan kè li pou ou, m'ap voye komisyon ba ou.
Jonathan said to David, "The LORD, the God of Israel, is witness. When I have studied my father, about this time tomorrow, or the third day, look, if there is good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
13 Men, si li fè lide pou li touye ou, mwen mande Bondye pou l' ban mwen pi gwo pinisyon ki genyen, si mwen pa voye komisyon ba ou pou ou chape kò ou. Mwen mande pou Seyè a toujou la avè ou, menm jan li te konn kanpe la avèk papa m'.
But should it please my father to do you harm, God do so to Jonathan and more also if I do not let you know and send you away, that you may go in safety. And may the LORD be with you, as he has been with my father.
14 Bon, koulye a menm, si lè sa a mwen poko mouri, tanpri kenbe pwomès ou te fè m' devan Bondye a. Pa lage m'.
And if I am still alive, deal loyally with me. But if I die,
15 Toujou aji byen ak moun lakay mwen. Menm lè Seyè a va fin disparèt tout lènmi ou yo sou latè,
do not cut off your loyalty from my house forever. And when the LORD cuts off the enemies of David, each one from the face of the earth,
16 piga ou janm kase kontra zanmi nou te pase yonn ak lòt la nan non fanmi nou. Si ou kase l', se pou Bondye pini ou.
if the name of Jonathan be cut off from the house of David, then may the LORD require it at the hand of the enemies of David."
17 Jonatan fè David pwomèt li ankò l'ap toujou renmen l', paske li menm Jonatan li te renmen David tankou li renmen pwòp tèt pa li.
And Jonathan swore to David again, because he loved him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
18 Apre sa, Jonatan di David: -Denmen se fèt lalin nouvèl la, y'ap wè ou pa la, paske plas ou ap rete vid.
Then Jonathan said, "Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
19 Apre denmen y'ap wè ou pa la menm. Lè sa a, w'a desann, w'a ale kote ou te kache dènye fwa a. W'a rete kache dèyè pil wòch Ezèl la.
On the third day you should go down quickly, and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and stay by that mound.
20 Mwen menm, m'a tire twa flèch nan direksyon pil wòch la, tankou se pil wòch la menm m'ap vize.
And as for me, on the third day I will shoot arrows to its side, aiming it toward a target.
21 Lèfini, m'a rele domestik mwen an, m'a voye l' al chache flèch yo pote ban mwen. Si ou tande mwen di l': Gade, flèch yo tonbe bò isit anvan yo gen tan rive kote ou ye a, al pran yo pou mwen, sa vle di ou pa bezwen pè anyen, ou mèt vini. Mwen fè sèman nan non Seyè a, anyen p'ap rive ou.
Look, I will send the boy, saying, 'Go, find the arrows.' If I tell the boy, 'Look, the arrow is on this side of you. Take it;' then come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as the LORD lives.
22 Men, si mwen di domestik la: flèch yo tonbe bò lòt bò, yo depase kote ou ye a, leve met deyò, paske se Seyè a menm k'ap voye ou ale.
But if I say this to the boy, 'Look, the arrow is beyond you;' then go your way; for the LORD has sent you away.
23 Pou pwomès nou fè yonn bay lòt la, Seyè a ap fè n'ap kenbe l' pou tout tan.
Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, look, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever."
24 Se konsa David t' al kache kò li nan jaden yo. Lè fèt lalin nouvèl la rive, wa Sayil vin chita bò tab la pou l' manje.
So David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon had come, the king sat at the table to eat.
25 Li te chita nan plas li, sou fotèy bò miray la. Jonatan te chita bò tab la tou anfas wa a. Abnè menm te chita sou kote wa a. Plas David la te vid.
The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul's side: but David's place was empty.
26 Jou sa a, Sayil pa t' di anyen, paske li t'ap di nan kè l': Se yon bagay ki dwe rive l'. Li pa nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis pou Bondye. Sèten, li pa nan kondisyon vre pou l' sèvi Bondye.
Nevertheless Saul did not say anything that day: for he thought, "Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean."
27 Men, nan denmen, jou apre jou lalin nouvèl la, plas David la te vid ankò. Sayil mande Jonatan: -Poukisa David, pitit Izayi a, pa vin manje ni ayè, ni jòdi a?
It happened on the next day after the new moon, the second day, that David's place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, "Why hasn't the son of Jesse come to the table, either yesterday or today?"
28 Jonatan reponn li: -Li te mande m' pèmisyon pou l' al lavil Betleyèm.
Jonathan answered Saul, and said, "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.
29 Li te di m': Tanpri, kite m' ale paske fanmi nou ap fè yon sèvis ofrann bèt nan lavil Betleyèm. Frè m' yo te voye lòd ban mwen pou m' la. Si ou se zanmi m', kite m' al wè fanmi m' yo. Se poutèt sa li pa nan plas li bò tab wa a.
He said, 'Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city. And as for me, my brothers have ordered me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go away and see my brothers.' Therefore he has not come to the king's table."
30 Sayil fè yon sèl kòlè sou Jonatan, li di l': -Ou se yon loraj kale! Koulye a mwen konnen se pran w'ap pran pou David. Se yon wont pou ou! Se yon wont pou manman ou!
Then Saul's anger flared up at Jonathan, and he said to him, "You son of a rebellious slave girl, don't I know that you are the companion of the son of Jesse, to your own disgrace, and to the disgrace of your mother's nakedness?
31 Men, m' fè ou konnen toutotan pitit Izayi sa a vivan, ou p'ap janm wa nan peyi a, ou p'ap janm ka gouvènen. Voye chache l' mennen ban mwen. Se pou l' mouri.
For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, your kingdom will not be established. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die."
32 Men Jonatan reponn: -Pouki pou yo touye l' la? Kisa li fè?
But Jonathan answered Saul, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"
33 Lè sa a, Sayil leve frenn li tankou si li ta vle voye l' sou Jonatan. Jonatan vin wè papa l' te soti pou touye David vre.
Then Saul raised his spear at him to strike him, and Jonathan realized that this evil from his father to kill David was determined.
34 Li leve soti bò tab la, li te fache anpil. Jou sa a, li pa manje anyen. Se te dezyèm jou fèt lalin nouvèl la. Sa te fè l' lapenn anpil pou David, paske papa l' te pale David mal.
So Jonathan sprang up from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had dishonored him.
35 Nan denmen maten, Jonatan leve, l' al nan jaden yo pou l' wè David jan li te pwomèt li a. Li pran yon jenn gason avè l'.
It happened in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.
36 Epi li di l': -Kouri non. Ou pral chache flèch mwen pral tire yo. Ti gason an pran kouri. Jonatan voye flèch la pou l' depase ti gason an.
He said to the boy, "Run, find now the arrows which I shoot." And as the boy ran, he shot an arrow, causing it to pass beyond, toward the city.
37 Lè ti gason an rive kote flèch la te tonbe a, Jonatan pale byen fò, li di l' konsa: -Flèch la pi devan an toujou!
When the boy had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the youth, and said, "Isn't the arrow beyond you?"
38 Pa kanpe la konsa. Fè vit non! Ti gason an ranmase flèch la, li pote l' tounen bay mèt li.
Jonathan cried after the boy, "Go fast. Hurry. Do not delay." Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
39 Li pa t' konnen sa sa te vle di. Sèl Jonatan ak David te konnen.
But the boy did not know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40 Jonatan bay ti gason an tout zam li yo, epi li di l' pote yo tounen lavil pou li.
Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, "Go, carry them to the city."
41 Lè ti gason an fin ale, David soti dèyè pil wòch la, li lage kò l' atè, li bese twa fwa devan Jonatan. Apre sa, li menm ak Jonatan, yo tonbe yonn nan bra lòt, yo t'ap kriye. Men David te nan pi gwo lapenn pase Jonatan.
As soon as the boy was gone, David arose from beside the mound, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another, and wept one with another, and David wept the most.
42 Apre sa, Jonatan di David konsa: -Ale ak kè poze! Nou te fè sèman devan Seyè a pou nou toujou zanmi. Bondye va fè fanmi nou toujou rete zanmi tou. Lè sa a, David leve, l' ale fè wout li. Jonatan menm tounen lavil la.
Then Jonathan said, "Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, 'The LORD shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants, forever.'" He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.
